Intention without action is useless.

I'm working on forgiving myself for some not-so-hot choices I've made in my life. I neglected two people I loved dearly. They are both dead now and I obviously can do nothing to repair or change that, and I grieve every day for those choices. That grief can be paralyzing, but it has made me understand the pain of holding on to unfinished business. In my case, I had put work first. I will never do that again. Having made that choice, I find the grief in my heart finally abating. Now I teach the need to forgive yourself and others relentlessly.

Follow your pain as if it were a candle in the night, leading you to a place of decision.

You never really know how or when your life is going to change, and that's for the best.

Developing personal power includes learning not to negotiate your self-worth for the sake of someone else or sell yourself short for a job.

Forgiveness is a mystical act, not a reasonable one.

Keep the focus of your life in the here and now.